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  • AFNWC intern earns ASMC award

    A Team Kirtland member was recently named the 2010 American Society of Military Comptrollers Distinguished Intern.Kevin McFarland is employed through the Student Career Experience Program as an Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center Financial Analyst.The ASMC is a non-profit organization comprised of

  • SDTD’s Holt wins ASMC business award

    The American Society of Military Comptrollers announced Ms. Nancy Holt, budget lead, Space DevelopmentDivision, Space Development and Test Directorate, as the meritorious winner of the 2010 business management category.She was praised for her impact on programs including the Multi-Mission Satellite

  • Understanding Air Force hospitality

    On April 25, the Thunderbird Inn dining facility at Kirtland Air Force Base was awarded the John L. Hennessy award, the Air Force's top hospitality honor.The award recognizes dining facilities that demonstrate excellence in the food service industry.After winning a gold plate, Air Force Material

  • Padilla named award winner

    Jeanette Padilla, Chief of Force Sustainment, Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center, was named the Air Force Manpower and Personnel Operational Manager of the Year for 2010.She was lauded for her superior work at the AFNWC on personnel actions including managing various programs and working to ensure

  • Thunderbirds to headline open house Oct. 9

    Col. Robert L. Maness, 377th Air Base Wing commander, announced at a May 9 news conference that the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds will perform at the Kirtland AFB Open House on Oct. 9. The Thunderbirds are the Air Force's elite aerial demonstration team.

  • DOD civilians can receive prizes for profile assessments

    Department of Defense civilians who complete their Health Profile Assessment and bring their certificate of completion to Civilian Health Services in the Health and Wellness Center receive free prizes. To complete the wellness profiles visit www.afmcwellness.com and click on the "Civilian Health"

  • The Holocaust: What does it mean?

    Between 1933 and 1945, the German government led by Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party carried out the systematic persecution and murder of the European Jewsish population.The Holocaust began in 1933, when Hitler came to power in Germany and ended in 1945, when the Nazis were defeated by the Allied

  • Family fun

    The Kirtland Air Force Base Maxwell Child Development Center hosted its annual Spring Carnival on April 27, honoring Month of the Military Child.A variety of games, from fishing for snacks to tossing tennis balls into the mouth of a T-Rex, filled the afternoon."We were very pleased with the

  • Commander reports to community

    Col. Rober t L. Maness, 377th Air Base Wing commander, presented his "Installation Commander's Report to the Community" at an April 28 breakfast sponsored by the Kirtland Partnership Committee at the Sheraton Albuquerque Airport Hotel.

  • Midshipmen and 'Horns win AFRL competition

    For the seven universities participating in the sixth annual Air Force Research Laboratory Rapid Reaction Challenge, the rocky terrain covering the over six-mile course up a mountain on the far southeast boundary of Kirtland Air Force Base appeared daunt ing, but achievable for their entered